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What are the main issues you need to consider in setting up your church's leadership structure?

How do you train disciple-makers? We've talked a lot about building a disciple-making foundation, but how do you go about that?

If we are going to ignite Gospel movements, leaders must first change what they care about. That's going to lead to some categorical shifts that need to take place. North Ridge Gray Campus Pastor, Buddy Gosey, joins me as we talk about this important and foundational topic.

As your church grows, you will become overwhelmed if you don't understand and practice this one important principle

When you sit down to prepare a message, does it feel like you are wandering around hoping to stumble on something great? Answering these 5 questions every time will help you produce great sermons that connect with people and change lives.

More and more we are preaching to people who do not know the Bible or don't agree with the biblical view of issues. Can we just keep communicating the way we always have, or does something need to change in order to be more effective?

You have strong leaders in your organization and they are lapping up leadership development content everywhere, but what happens when that leads them in a direction that is contrary to who you are as an organization? How do you encourage constant development but at the same time keep everyone headed in the same direction?

Here's a better way to set goals and make sure the most important things actually get done.

When you are leading or starting a church the assumption is that the funding for the ministry will be in the harvest. The more people you reach, the more funding you will have to reach even more people. Whether we want to admit it or not, this is no longer true. Mark Deymaz, author of "The Coming Revolution is Church Economics," joins me on this important episode to discuss how churches can accomplish way more for the Kingdom by creating multiple streams of income.

Here's what I wish someone told me before we went multisite

Do you have a clear plan for finding and developing a great staff?

A disciple-making culture may begin with training a few disciple-makers in a high accountability environment, but how do you permeate your overall culture with a disciple-making focus?

When churches start new campuses/locations, sometimes the last thing they think about is how to manage the money. We worry about raising up the leaders we need. We are worried about finding a good location. But bad systems, especially financial systems, can blow up all your other work.

With meeting space at a premium, your church plant will more than likely need to go to multiple services at some point. In this episode, Jim explains why that's a good thing and what to pay attention to as you do it.